H.B. No. 1699
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the participation by qualified persons in the
  Department of Public Safety's driver record monitoring pilot
  program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 521.062, Transportation Code, is
  amended by amending Subsections (b) and (j) and adding Subsections
  (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows:
         (b)  Under the pilot program, the department shall:
               (1)  [may] enter into a contract with any [a] person
  qualified to provide driver record monitoring services, as
  described by Subsection (c); [,] and
               (2)  provide certain information from the department's
  driver's license records to the person as provided by this section.
         (b-1)  A person is qualified to provide driver record
  monitoring services [,] if the person:
               (1)  has submitted an application to the department;
               (2) [(1)]  is an employer, an insurer, an insurance
  support organization, an employer support organization, or an
  entity that self-insures its motor vehicles; and
               (3) [(2)]  is eligible to receive the information under
  Chapter 730.
         (b-2)  The department may not limit the number of qualified
  persons participating in the pilot program.
         (j)  The department shall accept and consider applications
  [may establish a reasonable deadline by which a person must apply]
  to enter into a contract with the department under this section
  until the conclusion of the term of the pilot program [and may not
  enter into a contract with a person who fails to apply before that
  deadline].
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1699 was passed by the House on April
  17, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 128, Nays 16, 3 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1699 was passed by the Senate on May
  19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 2.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor